Misawa International Center

Chinese Style Dumpling Party
Oct 6, Sunday, beginning at 10am
The technical trainees from China will teach you how
to make and cook gyoza (a type of Chinese dumpling)!
Fees MIA Members 12 yrs and up: ¥600
MIA Members 4 yrs - 12 yrs: ¥500
Non Member 12 yrs and up: ¥800
Non Member 4 yrs - 12 yrs: ¥700
Advanced sign up is required by October 4, Friday.
This is one tasty event you don’t want to miss!!!
International Friendship Group
The temperatures have begun to drop and the leaves have begun changing color: autumn is in the air! There is much to do in this part of Japan: pick apples, harvest rice, catch a
salmon, and listen to a concert! Here are some suggestions of what to do around Misawa.
Hurry and enjoy, before winter comes!
Misawa Cultural Festival
2013
All events be held at the
Misawa Civic Center.
Admission: Free!
See next the program for
more details!
Date
10/27, Sun
11/1 Fri, 3 Sun
11/2, Sat
11/3, Sun
11/9, Sat
11/10, Sun
11/16, Sat
11/17, Sun
11/23, Sat
Every Wednesdays Night from 7 pm
Fee MIA Member ¥100 Non Member ¥150
A potluck party will be held on Nov 6, Wednesday. Bring your favorite dish and
share good times with Japanese friends!!!
11/24, Sun
For more information please contact at
Misawa International Association
Phone: 080-6022-1349
Email: kokusai@city.misawa.lg.jp
Time
12 noon
6:00 pm
10 am to 5 pm
1:30 pm
1:20 pm
12 noon
6:00 pm
11:00 am
2:30 pm
11:00 am
2:00 pm
6:30 pm
12 noon
Event
Dance Exhibition
Social Dance Performance
Art Exhibits in the Lobby.
“Do Re Mi” Ensemble Music Concert
Ballet Exhibition
Traditional Japanese Music Concert
Classical Music Concert
Traditional Japanese Dance Show
Brass Band Concerto
Dance Exhibition
Misawa City Chorus Concert
Jazz & J-Pop Music Concert
Variety Entertainment Show
This year’s Halloween Festival will be held on Oct 19, Saturday, downtown Misawa--Main Street, American
Park, and American Village. There will be a costume contest, trick-or-treating, and other fun events such as
a prize drawing and sale booths around American Village. Come along with your family friends, to this unique
Japanese Halloween event! Enjoy a ghoulish day out!
US-Japan Costume Parade & Contest
Misawa International Center
TEL:0176-51-1255 FAX:0176-51-1211 Email:kokusai@city.misawa.lg.jp
Address: 230-1 Aza-Sonosawa, Oaza-Misawa, Misawa City 033-0022
Misawa City International Relations publishes the monthly
free paper, “Misawa City News”. We keep you informed of
what is happening in Misawa. We appreciate your feedback!
Come
see our new message
board! Located in Misawa International Center Lobby, near the
International Exchange Lounge
(if you’re standing in the entrance way, the board is off to
the left). This is message board is for you!
Please post courteous messages or announcements of an
intercultural nature such as English lessons, play dates, advice and more. We look forward to hearing from you!
12 noon - 12:50pm : Sign up Orange Hiroba
This plaza [brick-laid park] is on Main Street (also called“White Pole Road”), one block east from Max Value Supermarket.
13:00 - 13:30 Costume Parade down Main Street, from Orange Hiroba to Sky Plaza
13:30 - 14:30 Contest & Judging
14:40 Awards Ceremony
Trick-or-Treating on Main Street: 3 pm start
Come and trick-or-treat on Main Street! Stop at the shops decorated with pumpkins, to collect your Halloween treats!
Hunted House and Yokai Bar: on Both Oct 19 - 20, Sat & Sun, from 11 am
At Uwasa Café, on Main Street (White Poll Rd), about 2 blocks east of Max Value.
The Misawa Art Project will be hosting this event. Yo-kai is the Japanese word Misawa
for all those spooky creatures such as oni (demons), kappa(inspiration of the Train Station
Ninja Mutant Turtle), goblins, changelings, and especially ghosts. In Japan,
yokai are more mischievous than evil, and are sometimes known to bring good
fortune to those good people it encounters. Check out this Japanese style
Haunted House, don a yokai costume* and make new “friends” at the bar!
Adults can also qualify for some half-price drinks if they come in costume.
Max Value
* Yokai costumes are available for a small fee.
Uwasa Cafe
Misawa AB
Main St.
Orange Hiroba
Misawa Aviation & Science Museum Event information
Mr. Masack’s Science Magic Show: 13, Sun, at 11 am and 2 pm, in the Multimedia AV Hall
The 4th Annual Misawa Sky Festival on Oct 6, Sunday, starting 9 am but sign-up begins at 8:30 am
Place: Hirahata Field 70. (Please see map).
Fee: FREE! You may sigh up the same day, before 9 am.
There will be 3types of flying contests. Please see details
below.
1) Miss Veedol Paper Plane Flight Contest.
Participants will need to buy and make this plane in advance.
(due to the time needed to build this plane together and allow
the glue to dry). The plane materials are available for only
¥399 at the gift shop of the Misawa Aviation & Science Museum.
2) “SKYCUB IV” & “WINGS” Plane Flight Contest
Participants can buy and assemble this plane at the festival.
Each plane is only ¥300 each.
How to Become a Helicopter Pilot : Oct 20, Sun, from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. in the Galleria and Multimedia AV Hall
8:30 am
Sign up.
9:00 am
Opening Ceremony.
9:45 am
Making SKYCAB IV and WINGS planes.
Participants may also test their planes at this time.
10:45 am Flight Contests
JGSDF (Japan Ground Self-Defense Force) helicopter pilots, currently stationed in Hachinohe, will be on hand to
give first-hand account lectures on the training, the life, and the secret of being helicopter pilots. JGSDF equipment
will be display and photo-ops will be available.
Trick-or-Treat 2013 : Oct 26 & 27 weekend, in the Museum exhibit rooms.
Everyone is invited! Dress up and come to trick-or-treat at the Misawa Aviation & Science Museum! There will be
many activities such as Quiz, garapon (Japanese lottery ball wheel,), Halloween balloons, and more. Fee is FREE!!!
12:30 pm Lunch Break
1:30 pm
Other festival events such as a traveling game, radio-control planes, and power kite demonstrations.
3:00 pm
Awards Ceremony
HERE
General Information:
Misawa Aviation & Science Museum is open 9 am -5 pm, every day except Mondays.
* If a Japanese holiday falls on a Monday, then the museum will be open on that Monday but will be closed the following day.
Admission: Adult ¥500; High School Student ¥300; Free for 15 years old and under. For more information, check out their
website at http://www.kokukagaku.jp/english.html
Become a Free Pass Member!!!
Love the museum? Do you know about the free pass? It is also called an “annual passport” and is valid for a year. The
annual passport gives you unlimited access to the permanent collection exhibition, a 20% discount on special exhibits, and a
10% discount at the souvenir shop. There are 3 type of passport available: a Pair Passport (2 people) for ¥2,500 ; an Adult
Passport for ¥1,400 and a High school student pass for ¥1,000.
Main St
3) Rubber Band Powered Airplane Flight Contest
In this contest, participants bring their original or handmade planes, using any materials such as bamboo, wood, and paper,
and which is powered by a rubber band propeller (which is also available at the Misawa Aviation & Science Museum gift
shop). Participants should have their planes assemble before the contest date. There will be 2 plane categories:
Class A: plane length is 50 cm and less.
Class B: plane length is more than 50cm but less than 1m
***Directions:
1) Head north on Route 8, towards Aomori City.
2) Turn Right at the road with the red, blue, and white sign of
“Misawa Citizen Forestry Park”. There will be a smaller sign underneath, in green and white, pointing to 5 tourist attractions to the
right as well.
3) Turn Right at the 1st paved road (or, the 2nd road. The first road is
gravel and the next, paved).
4) Turn Right at the 1st dirt driveway (which is about a 5 – 10 minute
drive down), which is the entrance to Hirahata Field 70. There is a
faded “Fire Cistern” [Fire Extinguisher] sign on the corner, at the
entrance, of this dirt driveway.
Mr. Masack is a local high school teacher in the Tohoku area and is renown for his famous Science magic shows.
Come and be amazed, while learning how fun science can be! Sign up is not required and fee is FREE!
Annual Thanksgiving Gala
Lake
Ogawara
November 24, Sunday
at the Misawa International Center
Route 8
McDonalds
Save the date! Let’s enjoy Thanks giving with our Japanese friends! More details will follow next month, in the
Misawa City News.For more information, please contact the Misawa International Association, located in the
Misawa International Center.
Phone: 080-6022-1349
Email: kokusai@city.misawa.lg.jp
Misawa Local Food Festival Oct 20, Sunday, 9:30 am - 4 pm
Place: at American Park (in front of Misawa Sky Plaza) and along Main Street, down town.
Have you ever tried gobo ごぼう(burdock) or naga-imo ながいも (Chinese yam)? Both of these vegetables are local
specialties of Misawa! And that’s not all. Gobo is fibrous and contains calcium; naga-imo is a good source of B1 and
other minerals. And both are low calorie! Misawa is home to and surrounded by many farms. And during this time of
year, many fields are ready harvest. Come and learn about these and other foods, and how to use them to add pizzazz
to your meals!!!
Fire Safety Campaign, Oct 20, Sunday - 27, Sunday
During this time of the year, the air is becoming dryer and the skies are windy--- ingredients for an uncontrolled fire!
Let’s all learn more about fire safety, so we can protect ourselves, those we care about, and property!
Fire Safety Festa 2013 Oct 27, Sun, 12 noon - 3 pm
Free! Plus free popcorn!
At Miss Veedol Dome (next to the Misawa Shopping Center, near McDonald’s)
So what do firefighters do? Believe it or not, they do more than just put out fires!
Come and see what the fire department does! There will be various fire equipment
and emergency vehicles on display as well as for hands on experience.
Let’s Speak in Nanbu!
Believe it or not, even though Japan is a
small country, it has variety of colorful
accents and dialects. Not far from Misawa
--- the area from southern Aomori to
northern Iwate Prefectures--one of the
main dialects is Nanbu-ben(ben 弁 means “dialect; speechtype”). Here are some useful expressions!
How much is this?
なんぼだべ？Nan-bo da-be?
Do you have ----? (Is ther---?)
～は、あるべか？ ～wa aru-be-ka?
I will buy ～ (it).
～（これ）かる
Ko-re Ka-ru-.
Misawa City Indoor Heated Pool
Hours: 10 a.m. - 9 p.m., every day except Mondays.
(When a national holiday falls on Monday, the following
day becomes a close.)
Admission: ¥500 for 16 years and older. ¥300 for under
15years old and older 12years old. ¥100 for 11years old and
under.
Swimming cap is required to wear. Children in 3rd grade
and below must be supervised by an adult at all times.
NOTICE:
The pool will be closed from
Oct 21, Mon, to Oct 25, Fri,
for maintenance.